Fun With Guns: They Didn’t Say Which Direction Edition
A unnamed guy got confused at Shoot Straight gun range in Fort Meyers. He shot straight, but in the wrong direction.
A man was taken to the hospital Thursday afternoon after he reportedly accidentally shot himself at a Fort Myers gun range.
Police responded to Shoot Straight at the corner of Fowler Street and Colonial Boulevard shortly before 2 p.m.
Police said the man was attempting to unload his gun when it discharged, shooting him in the stomach.
Look, I’m not saying that the Shoot Straight Gun Range in Fort Meyers, Florida, might be charged with false advertising but this is the second time in 4 months that someone shot themselves there. However, to their credit, it was straight to the stomach and straight to the leg.
Don’t forget to purchase your “Holiday Gift Card” at Shoot Straight Gun Range and Store to give to someone you hate.
Can’t say that I am surprised or impressed. This reminds me so much of all the lumbermen in Michigan who insisted on starting their chain saws the wrong way. One is supposed to lay the chain saw on something solid like the ground, then pull the cord. Now these chain saws are big enough to cut a Volkswagen beatle in two and these guys insisted on holding them just barely six inches away from their nether parts with the business end just above the ground and then pulling the cord. Problem is there is a kind of a kickback just like in a rifle. This may be the reason they wear steel toe boots. (I will stifle my conclusions about the steel cod piece as scientifically unsound.)
1Looks like the Shoot Straight straight shooters got some ‘splainin to do. Instead of a gift card, maybe mandatory safety training would be a better purchase. That or IQ testing.
2Well, the sign does say to shoot straights. Oh, wait…
3How about a gift card for every member of the Grand Old Perverts. Starting with Traitor Trump.
4Bullets tend to move in a straight line. The sign merely needs to add “Point at the intended target, THEN” before “Shoot Straight.”
5Sorry, laughing too hard to comment.
6Rasty Bob, that’s exactly what I was thinking.
What was he really doing with that gun? I can’t think of any gun that is handy to unload while pointing at one’s self. What was he really doing with it? Trying to twirl it? Massaging his, um, self? We really do need the gene pool cleaned now more than ever. He should have aimed a little lower.
7Well, I wasn’t gonna bring it up, but this story reminds me of a video from years ago. A guy (cop I think) was giving a gun safety demonstration to a classroom of schoolkids. He’s got this expression on his face of total boredom. Complete nonchalance. This guy is too cool for any 3 normal people. When the gun goes off and he’s shot himself. (In the leg I think) But what made it REALLY funny was how he still tried to be cool. No big deal. If there’s a hell, that’s probably where I’ll end up for laughing at that. So I guess I’m gonna have to say hi to to Beelzebub, case that sh*t was friggin hilarious.
8P.P.: Funny. The usual next line for morans like that is, “I meant to do that!’ Yeah. Right, Skippy.
9I’m with Debbo– how do you unload a gun so that, if it goes off, you get hit in the stomach? Or is it a question of how big this guy’s stomach is and how much of the horizon it covers?
10Chainsaw blades kick UP when they start. You put them on the ground and hold them DOWN to start them.
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